Puffins are sea birds that can fly, swim, and dig burrows. These squat birds live on cold, Arctic coasts. Anatomy: Puffins have thick, waterproof feathers that protect them from the cold. They have webbed feet that help them swim. Their huge, parrot-like bill stores fish as they hunt underwater. It is wide in profile and narrow when viewed from the front. In breeding season, the bill becomes brightly colored. Diet: Puffins are carnivores (meat-eaters) that dive in the sea for food. They eat mostly small fish. Eggs and Chicks: Puffins dig a deep burrow in which the female lays a single egg. Both parents feed the chick for about 6 weeks. The parents then abandon the chick who will leave the burrow after about a week without food. It will then go the sea and fish for itself. Puffins often mate for life.
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Puffins are sea birds that can fly, swim, and dig burrows. These squat birds live on cold, Arctic coasts.
Anatomy: Puffins have thick, waterproof feathers that protect them from the cold. They have webbed feet that help them swim. Their huge, parrot-like bill stores fish as they hunt underwater. It is wide in profile and narrow when viewed from the front. In breeding season, the bill becomes brightly colored.
Diet: Puffins are carnivores (meat-eaters) that dive in the sea for food. They eat mostly small fish.
Eggs and Chicks: Puffins dig a deep burrow in which the female lays a single egg. Both parents feed the chick for about 6 weeks. The parents then abandon the chick who will leave the burrow after about a week without food. It will then go the sea and fish for itself. Puffins often mate for life.
This is a great video I found on youtube. Take a look.
A link to the story with questions. How is it different from our basal reader story. Read and aswner the questions at the end.
http://lrn.ncu.edu.tw/pirls/files/%E7%AF%84%E4%BE%8B%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0/%E5%B0%8F%E6%B5%B7%E9%B8%9A%E9%B5%A1%E4%B9%8B%E5%A4%9C%E8%8B%B1%E6%96%87%E7%89%88.pdf
Here are a few more questions. Maybe this would be a good pre-reading drill.
Here is a powerpoint on the vocabulary for this story. www.swsd.k12.pa.us/~michelle_krill/.../Th4_Nights_Pufflings.ppt -
Here is a link to get to know the puffins. http://www.audubon.org/bird/puffin/PuffinQuestions.html#26.
[[http://malden.k12.mo.us/cslaughter/Reading%20Units/Pufflings/NightofthePufflings.ppt#256,1,Night of the Pufflings]]